Oxford United at home match thread

[Chairman Mao]

Excellent tactical changes from Manning and some good subs. 

[downendcity]

Just now, east sussex red said:

Even if we win today, I think you will be in a minority 

I meant to use a question mark not an exclamation mark!

[And Its Smith]

Twine £4m. How?

[MelksRed]

1 minute ago, Chairman Mao said:

Excellent tactical changes from Manning and some good subs. 

Don't forget the bit where he plays players in their natural positions too

[old_eastender]

McNally almost scores an og

[glastored]

4 minutes ago, RED4LIFE said:

I think George Tanner has had an excellent game again. Barely put a foot wrong.

Man of the match for me. He’s been first class

[Red white and red]

3 minutes ago, Chairman Mao said:

Excellent tactical changes from Manning and some good subs. 

About time really. Fraud. 

[Chairman Mao]

Just now, Red white and red said:

About time really. Fraud. 

Keep crying into that cider son

[old_eastender]

Well Done Max coming to collect long throw

[David Brent]

What will the Oxford fans do with those snakes? 

[1team]

2 hours ago, spudski said:

Pring will definitely be looking to move soon imo. 

Terrifying how open we are. I've seen enough regardless of the result.

[!james]

Yu has looked fantastic second half. Has to start next time.

Meanwhile Mehmeti still puzzles me everytime I watch him play, no end product, no brain. 

[Roe]

We'e looked decent overall but I think you have to be honest that Oxford look pretty poor

All about results though and done a good job to dig it out of what was looking like another tough loss

[CiderHider]

CMON!!! Get in City!!

[David Brent]

Well done Liam!

[Andy082005]

8 minutes ago, Chairman Mao said:

Excellent tactical changes from Manning and some good subs. 

He is still an absolute liability 

[Ronnie Sinclair]

Commiserations to Oxford fans on their big day out 

[siuk101]

Phew, 3 much needed points!

[cidercity1987]

Hard to tell against a poor side but at least we are up to our rightful place in midtable 

[WessexPest]

Beeb has the attendance as 28,000+

[old_eastender]

FT 2-1. Let's just hope LM learns from that and keeps Twine central in his preferred central role, with Bird & Knight CM. Yu has to start next game whatever.

[BritAbroad]

Good win for the lads. Hirakawa was impressive.

 

[cheese]

How much better were we without that clown Williams?

[Jerseybean]

A narrow home win against Oxford = a huge sense of relief from me 

Personally thought Tanner and Yu had good games and overall we were workmanlike and deserved three points 

[Jimmyjimmy]

Usual suspects going to be devastated we won today. 
 

Rather have 25 posts over the next few days why they were right all along. 

[ExiledAjax]

Just now, !james said:

Yu has looked fantastic second half. Has to start next time.

Meanwhile Mehmeti still puzzles me everytime I watch him play, no end product, no brain. 

That we force Yu to play on the same pitch as Mehmeti..

[Jerseybean]

1 minute ago, WessexPest said:

Beeb has the attendance as 28,000+

24,807 I think 

[slartibartfast]

1 minute ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Commiserations to Oxford fans on their big day out 

They will never take as many again !

[redkev]

1 minute ago, WessexPest said:

Beeb has the attendance as 28,000+

Must think we’re Rovers

[cityexile]

Over the 90 certainly deserved. Would have been easy for heads to drop at half time, but kept at it. Yu impressive. Such an important win, even if at first sight I thought the pen was a bit soft.

[petehinton]

Did Yu ever know that you’re my hero

[east sussex red]

That was an important win even though its early in the season. Could have been in relegation zone but now only 3 points off playoffs.

Manning may have got lucky by seeing that playing players in their correct positions makes the team play better.

He better nor change that. 

[ashton_fan]

Great second half!

[RedRoss]

After 30 mins I said I thought we were much the better team yet they were one nil up. With all the insistent we're bottom 3 posts. Looks like some fans wanted this game to be sword that Manning falls on. I understand the two previous games were terrible. Performance and result wise. However today we were much better. Credit to the players and Manning for pulling out this performance considering the pressured circumstances. 

[Barrs Court Red]

Enjoyed that, Oxford fans can take their snakes back home, along with their crushed dreams. 

[Red Ferret]

Hirakawa is technically excellent. The way he was trapping difficult balls and then delivering pinpoint killer passes was impressive. Our other midfielders seem to be on his wavelength too 

[Chairman Mao]

At least Oxford got a chance to see what a proper ground looks like etc etc. They were very poor imo.

Edited 4 hours ago by Chairman Mao

[BCFC Rich]

23 minutes ago, David Brent said:

I love Yu

Really should have read - I love you Yu, you are great!

[westonred]

10 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Twine £4m. How?

He was outstanding 2nd half in his correct position

[Banjo Red]

Williams needs dropping to allow a change in formation. Great result but it's far from convincing.

[RED4LIFE]

2 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

He is still an absolute liability 

Really?

You sound disappointed we've won.

Then again, you've said the above about every single manager we've had in the last 10 years, so nobody should be surprised.

[redkev]

2 minutes ago, BritAbroad said:

Good win for the lads. Hirakawa was impressive.

 

Makes it even more baffling why he was sub and memhiti continues have no end product 

[slartibartfast]

2 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

24,807 I think 

They thought it was sags !

[cidercity1987]

2 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

24,807 I think 

Great attendance 

[Leveller]

A match we dominated and deserved to win. On that evidence we’re playing a lot better football than twelve months ago. Just need to do it consistently.

[Slack Bladder]

Round pegs in round holes made all the difference in the 2nd half

[Numero Uno]

Got the three points that’s what counts. What Manning did was the bleeding obvious that fans had been asking for anyway. No genius but it saved his job in all probability.

Oxford will be bottom six before you know it yet looked like scoring every attack. Defensively we are shambolic right now.

Yu looked good, Sinclair played well and deserved his goal. Tanner decent, the rest of the back four were all over the shop.

[MelksRed]

1 minute ago, siuk101 said:

Phew, 3 much needed points!

Good to get the three points...

Can't help but feel be are putting a plaster on the Grand Canyon though.....

Not intended as a negative post....just how I feel.

[M.D]

That yellow card for Williams has done Manning a massive favour..

[WessexPest]

2 minutes ago, Jimmyjimmy said:

Usual suspects going to be devastated we won today. 
 

Rather have 25 posts over the next few days why they were right all along. 

There’s an absolute roaster who calls himself a City historian/ has written books on the club and has literally nothing positive to say ever. If you dare take the piss out of the Gash he leaps to their defence. Utter, utter, 24-carat bell end.

[Hazelboy]

1 minute ago, M.D said:

That yellow card for Williams has done Manning a massive favour..

Mark Harris has done Liam Manning a massive favour!

[TheCulturalBomb]

[Bristol City mad man]

I think a neutral and fair review is that Manning got his starting line up 100% wrong and got his subs 100% right but we won and we were overall the better team so certainly pass marks today and pretty sure we/he now knows 10 of the starting players for next week (just dont’t know the left mid-get fit Earthy soon please!) Yu what a player! 

[Ivorguy]

Well done lads.  A very necessary win today.

[cotswoldred2]

That is a massive relief....question is why not start Yu? Have said that we still need a Wells type player in the team, 3 points... Gold.

[Numero Uno]

Just now, Hazelboy said:

Mark Harris has done Liam Manning a massive favour!

Agreed, defensively we are still shocking. Happy to get the points though.

[Andy082005]

4 minutes ago, RED4LIFE said:

Really?

You sound disappointed we've won.

Then again, you've said the above about every single manager we've had in the last 10 years, so nobody should be surprised.

Always enjoy a win - but let’s be honest, it was pretty poor again. 

Hardly come away from that thinking we have turned a corner 

[MelksRed]

2 minutes ago, Bristol City mad man said:

I think a neutral and fair review is that Manning got his starting line up 100% wrong and got his subs 100% right.

I can definitely get behind this statement.  

Edited 4 hours ago by MelksRed

[Bas's perfect hattrick]

10 minutes ago, !james said:

Yu has looked fantastic second half. Has to start next time.

Meanwhile Mehmeti still puzzles me everytime I watch him play, no end product, no brain. 

Tbf Mehmeti was on the ball a lot. No shortage of effort, but agree about the end product

[W-S-M Seagull]

2 minutes ago, Hazelboy said:

Mark Harris has done Liam Manning a massive favour!

Yep. Good win and pleased with the 3 points but if that goes in then its a different game. 

[frenchred]

17 minutes ago, Chairman Mao said:

Excellent tactical changes from Manning and some good subs. 

Putting his own errors right after initial team selection was rank!

He went in self preservation mode and put players where everyone has been saying they should be played 3 games ago

[Roe]

6 minutes ago, Leveller said:

A match we dominated and deserved to win. On that evidence we’re playing a lot better football than twelve months ago. Just need to do it consistently.

This time last year we beat Plymouth 4-1 fwiw

[Merrick's Marvels]

20 minutes ago, Chairman Mao said:

Excellent tactical changes from Manning and some good subs. 

What were the tactical changes?

[W-S-M Seagull]

2 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

Always enjoy a win - but let’s be honest, it was pretty poor again. 

Hardly come away from that thinking we have turned a corner 

I felt like we were decent against a poor side but even against a poor side we still showed our defensive frailties. 

[bexhill reds]

3 minutes ago, MelksRed said:

Good to get the three points...

Can't help but feel be are putting a plaster on the Grand Canyon though.....

Not intended as a negative post....just how I feel.

Win yes, convincing mmmm is how I'd describe that. Oxford always looked threatening on the counter. Yu should be starting now, Tanner and Roberts very good, Bird better deeper. If only Mehmeti could finish...

[pj76]

2 minutes ago, Roe said:

This time last year we beat Plymouth 4-1 fwiw

That was an outlier. Argyle were terrible and the manager rested their best players.

[EstoniaTallinnRed]

Well done boys, heads didn't go down after going behind, Manning still has a lot to do and the first thing should be play players in their correct position. Lets hope he realises it at long last.  Also start Yu and keep Williams on the bench.

[Sir Colby-Tit]

1 hour ago, old_eastender said:

Good start by Yu

Thanks 

[BritAbroad]

10 minutes ago, redkev said:

Makes it even more baffling why he was sub and memhiti continues have no end product 

Probably just building up his fitness after injury. Sometimes players do better as impact subs rather than starters, too. Personally I hope Hirakawa starts the next game.

[Unan]